"Joint Implementation and Clean Development Mechanism among the BSEC countries", 9 November 2007, Kiev (Ukraine)

"Joint Implementation and Clean Development Mechanism among the BSEC countries"Kiev (Ukraine), November 9th 2007

The workshop "Joint Implementation and Clean Development Mechanism among the BSEC countries", organized by the PROMITHEAS Network of Energy and Climate Policy under the 6th Framework Programme project "EU -BSEC Energy and Climate Policy Network", was held in Kiev, Ukraine on November 9th 2007.

Scope: The workshop allowed the discussion on the role of Kyoto mechanisms as climate policy instruments for Caspian and Black Sea countries. It offered the opportunity to recommend ways to overcome barriers, facilitate their implementation and attract investments from other countries and especially EU.

o Legal and institutional framework for Designated National Authorities o Assessment of compliance within the framework of Kyoto mechanisms o Methodologies and models for evaluating the emission reduction potential o Analysis of trends for JI/CDM projects o Multicriteria approaches in defining national priorities for JI/CDM projectso Modeling and assessment of social and environmental impacts due to IJ/CDM projects

Workshop Presentations

The Academian Prof. Mykhaylo ZGUROVSKIY, Chairman of the Black Sea University Network (BSUN), launched the workshop by welcoming the participants and emphasizing on the importance of organizing such an event at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute.

The Greek Ambassador in Kiev, Mr. Haralambos DIMITRIOU in his welcome address referred at the progress that has been developed regarding cooperation among the scientists of the BSEC region.Mr. Konstantinos ZAIMIS, BSEC, referred in his speech at the role of the BSEC Project Development Fund as a catalyst for regional cooperation.Mr. Vitaliy NAKHLUPIN, representative from the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine emphasized on the importance that the JI projects have for Ukraine.Mr. Serhiy BEVZ, representative from the Ukrainian Ministry of Fuel and Energy, in his speech also referred on the role that JI and CDM have for the energy policy of Ukraine. Finally, the coordinator of the PROMITHEAS Network, Prof. Dimitrios MAVRAKIS, KEPA, in his welcome address outlined the activities of the network. He invited the BSEC scientists, universities and research institutions to join the network and its on-going activities (pdf file 1330KB).

The workshop was divided into four (4) sessions: Promotion of Cooperation in BSEC and EU Regions, The state-of-the-art for JI/CDM projects, Perspectives for JI/CDM project buyers and International and regional experiences with Kyoto Mechanisms.

Eleven (11) speakers presented during these sessions their research work. The titles of their presentations were the following:

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